"What's the best thing about working at @RootstockLabs?". That's what our Senior People Partner, Šárka, asked the team. The answers were different. Yet somehow, they all pointed to the same thing. $BTC brought us together. The people made us stay. Because the best companies aren't built by products alone.

One of the hottest topics in the room at @BTCPrague. What’s actually being built on bitcoin:native? Richard Green joined the panel on stage to discuss the infrastructure layer now taking shape across the Bitcoin ecosystem. @coinjoined @noufsmith @BraginRights @bencousens The Bitcoin conversation is moving fast. Still early.

Day 3 @BTCPrague and it’s never too early to confess your sins

Bitcoin has already won the store of value argument. The next question is more interesting. For years the dominant idea was straightforward: buy BTC, hodl BTC, don't sell BTC. That still matters. But as more miners, treasuries, and institutions accumulate $BTC, a new pressure builds underneath it. They want to use it without giving it up. Not trade out of their position. Just put it to work. That shift is what makes Bitcoin as collateral such a significant idea. If BTC is genuinely pristine collateral, it should support lending, yield, payments, and financial applications built around Bitcoin itself. Not products that happen to touch crypto. Applications where BTC is the foundation. That is the @RootstockLabs thesis. Bitcoin does not stop at digital gold. On @rootstock_io, BTC becomes programmable. It can be deployed in DeFi, used as collateral, connected to stablecoins, and brought into financial applications while staying anchored to Bitcoin. The store of value narrative does not go away. It just gets bigger.

The quantum risk is real but there is still time to prepare and that’s something that the team at @RootstockLabs and other core contributors to the network have spent the best part of a decade doing. Here's @Matematico87's take,

From @BTCPrague @RootstockLabs VP Institutional, Richard Green, joins The Starting Block (@TheBlockCo) to discuss Rootstock, making $BTC productive and a lot more. (1:15:12 onwards)

Rootstock has had 100% uptime since 2018. In Bitcoin-secured finance, that is not a nice-to-have. It is the trust layer.

Day 2 and you’re still early. Drop by the rootstock still early cafe and get your caffeine fix for the day @rootstock_io

Day 2 at @BTCPrague starts with coffee ☕️. Bitcoin & Business Breakfast is kicking off now at The Still Early Cafe. (Miners Café in Prague) Come by, grab a cup, and start the day with $BTC conversations.

Off the @BTCPrague floor, the ₿ conversations kept going. Here’s what @BarNumberSeven in Prague looks like this evening. (More pics in the first comment)

In about 45 mins from now 🍻 What better way to get together after Day 1 at @BTCPrague! 👉 luma.com/ou3pz8l1 See you at @BarNumberSeven. @xapobankapp @GoldenGatsby @MartaVMRamos and the rest of the @RootstockLabs team.

New look. Same Bitcoin-grade security. rBTC has a new logo. What hasn't changed: • 100% uptime since 2018, • 1:1 peg to $BTC, and • no single custodian risk. Read more: rootstock.io/blog/introducin… Bitcoin on Rootstock. Made programmable.

POV: You just walked into @BTCPrague. Next stop: the Still Early Cafe by @rootstock_io. Meet our team there. @GoldenGatsby @MartaVMRamos Coffee first. Building on Bitcoin next. (Don't miss the Confessions Wall 🤫)

Early glimpses from @BTCPrague.

🫵 @BTCPrague is where Bitcoin builders meet. It might also be where your next role begins. We’re here, we’re hiring, and yes, working with us is as good as @MartaVMRamos makes it look. We are hiring currently in roles across Design, Security and Tech. 🔗 rootstocklabs.com/careers/ Meet us at the Still Early Café and see why working with us is actually as good as we say it is.

The @BTCPrague checklist is clear ✅

We are in Prague 🇨🇿 Here's where you can meet the team. • Still Early Cafe at the @BTCPrague venue • Bitcoin & Brews at @BarNumberSeven (luma.com/ou3pz8l1) • Bitcoin & Business Breakfast @ Miners Café (luma.com/ehnk8je9) • Expo stage for "What's New in the Bitcoin Ecosystem? An Infrastructure Overview". @GoldenGatsby @MartaVMRamos @xapobankapp

The miners who emerge strongest from this cycle won't just be the ones who held Bitcoin. They'll be the ones who put it to work. Before the AI pivot conversation. Before the capex decisions. The real question most miners are sitting with right now is simpler: what can we do with our $BTC that doesn't force us to sell it? Richard Green and Tony DiCarlo have been having that conversation with operations across the market. Active treasury management isn't a nice-to-have. It's the direction of travel for the whole industry. The @RootstockLabs team is on the ground at @BTCPrague this week. If this is the conversation your operation needs to have, find them there. Richard, Tony, @GoldenGatsby @MartaVMRamos and Xanthi Perri. Two side events running too. • Bitcoin and Brews at @BarNumberSeven: luma.com/ou3pz8l1 • Bitcoin & Business Breakfast @ The Still Early Cafe: luma.com/ehnk8je9

Happening tomorrow! ₿🍺 🔗 luma.com/ou3pz8l1 ​Open to all. Whether you're new in the space, stacking sats, since early, running nodes or building a Bitcoin balance sheet for your business, you’ll be in the right room. @BTCPrague @GoldenGatsby @MartaVMRamos @xapobankapp

Asia is not waiting for Bitcoin-secured finance to become obvious. 🌏 The most telling signal at @BitcoinSeoul26 wasn't what people said on stage. It was what they were quietly mapping out in between sessions. Strong turnout. Institutions, DATs, VCs. The formal talks covered a lot of ground. But the real conversations happened in the margins. The dominant thread: Korean regulation. A lot of projects are in wait-and-see mode right now. Holding back until there's more clarity. But that's not pessimism. It's preparation. Most people on the ground believe the framework will ease. And they are using this window to make sure they can move fast when it does. The most forward-leaning signal: some parties are already mapping out Bitcoin yield strategies in areas where it isn't yet permitted. That kind of positioning tells you where the conviction actually sits. Not everyone is waiting though. Builders are active now. AI infrastructure, real-world asset integrations, adjacent plays. The work is happening within what's currently possible. Which keeps bringing us back to the same conclusion: Asia is an extraordinary market. The interest in Bitcoin runs deep across the region. But Korea, Japan, Singapore, Southeast Asia, each market carries its own regulatory complexity. No single playbook works across all of them. That makes it harder. It also makes it worth figuring out properly. The teams doing that work are going to be very well positioned when the broader environment shifts. _________ Field notes via Ron Tan, @RootstockLabs, Ecosystem Growth Specialist.